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Galician
Etymology
Attested since 1361. From canela (“shin; cane”) + -eira. Cognate with Portuguese caneleira and Spanish canillera.
Pronunciation
Noun
caneleira f (plural caneleiras)
- (historical) greave
1361, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros, Vigo: Galaxia, page 92:et huun lorigom, por que me dauan oyto centos moravedís et huuns coxotes e huas caneleyras, quer çento e quareenta moravedís- and a chain mail, valued in 800 maravedis, and a pair of tassets and of greaves, 140 maravedis
- shinguard
- shinpad
References
- Ernesto González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “caneleyra”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “canel”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- “caneleira” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “caneleira” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “caneleira” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Portuguese
Etymology
From canela + -eira.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca‧ne‧lei‧ra
Noun
caneleira f (plural caneleiras)
- shinguard (piece of apparel to protect the shin)
- (uncountable) cinnamon (Cinnamomum verum)